Details

A static IP should be assigned to the storage NIC so communications will not be interrupted during address renewal.

Solution

Run the following command using the uuid of the dedicated storage physical interface (pif):

xe pif-reconfigure-ip uuid= mode=static ip= netmask= gateway= dns=

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|CM-7b.
• CSCv6|3.1

Source

• Tenable.com/audits